Dr Charlie Gardner, Lecturer in Conservation Biology at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), in conjunction with Dr Claire Wordley, has written an … Read more
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DICE Talk: ‘Palm oil – friend or foe?’
This month’s talk by DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) focuses on their ground-breaking work on the impacts of palm oil on conservation and … Read more
PhD student Christopher Aris awarded Laura Bassi scholarship
The Laura Bassi scholarship is awarded to PhD students and early career researchers by Editing Press, a company formed from academics from Oxford and Cambridge. … Read more
Dr Juan Martín Dabezies joins as Academic Visitor
Dr Juan Martín Dabezies, an archaeologist and environmental anthropologist by training, is an adjunct professor in Ethnobiology at the University of the Republic in Uruguay. … Read more
Workshop: Applications of Mathematics in Ecology
Dr Jake Bicknell, Lecturer in Conservation Biology, and Dr David Roberts, Reader in Biodiversity Conservation at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), will … Read more
Royal Geographical Society with IBG Annual Conference Session: ‘Urban Violence in Troubled Cities’
The Royal Geographical Society with IBG Annual Conference session Urban Violence in Troubled Cities – Towards Comparative Geographies of Hope is co-convened and chaired by Dr … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville – ‘Conflict with people bigger threat to lion populations than hunting’
As a new study warns that Africa’s lion populations are under continuing threat, Professor Keith Somerville, a leading expert at the Durrell Institute of Conservation … Read more
DICE Talk: ‘Parks as flagships and Bolivia’s turtle trade’
This month’s DICE Talk will showcase research currently being undertaken by students on DICE’s MSc programmes. Tom Wells, on the MSc Conservation and International Wildlife … Read more
Visiting PhD student Erica Marshall to deliver a talk on biodiversity offsetting
Visiting PhD researcher from the University of Melbourne, Erica Marshall, will deliver a talk entitled ‘How does metric choice impact the long-term outcomes of offsets … Read more
Dr Joseph Bull and PhD student Sophus zu Ermgassen write on biodiversity offsets for The Conversation
Lecturer in Conservation Science, Dr Joseph William Bull, and PhD student Sophus zu Ermgassen ask the question, ‘Can we really restore or protect natural habitats … Read more